Sigma Chapter's Spring Pledge Class of 2012

Welcome to the new initiated Brothers from the Spring 2012 Pledge Class!

Sigma Chapter - Spring 2012

This was such a GREAT photo that I had to post it!  It was taken on Sunday, April 15, 2012, the day after the Pig Dinner & Golf Outing.

Sigma Chapter Hosts Students from Lincoln Elementary School in Springfield

Congratulations to our Undergraduate Brothers of Sigma Chapter for hosting a group of students at the chapter house on Sunday, April 15, 2012, from Lincoln Elementary School in Springfield.  The school had been identified as an under-achieving school in the area, and our Brothers hosted the students to orient them to the values and benefits of striving for a college education. 

Community Service committee chair Ben Imlay '14 is captured above addressing the students.  Well done, Brothers!

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There's Still Time to Register for Our Pig Dinner on Thursday, April 14th!

Sigma Chapter's Pig Dinner and Golf Outing is now ONE WEEK away! See the schedule below.  You can access the registration form at this link.

However, at this late date, PLEASE EMAIL ME at gabjr33@comcast.net if you plan to attend, as I need accurate numbers for the dinner and the golf.  You can pay one site, but please let me know.

We hope to see you on April 14th!

Fraternally,

Skip Buckley '80

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Sigma 2012 Pig Dinner and Golf Outing - Time to Register!

Here's the schedule for the 2012 Pig Dinner weekend:

 

    Friday, April 13^th

                            All Day         Open House at the Chapter – Stop by the House for a Tour from Undergraduates!

Saturday, April 14^th

                            9:30 am        Annual Meeting of the Sig Fiji Alumni Association Board of Trustees

                                                (All Graduate Brothers are welcome to attend!)

                          12:00 pm        Informal Buffet Luncheon (for non-golfers) – Chapter House – Free!

                          12:00 pm        (Optional) Lunch for Golfers at Windy Knoll Golf Club – Cash Order from Menu

                            1:30 pm        (Optional) Annual Golf Outing at Windy Knoll Golf Club – Shotgun Start!

                            6:30 pm        Pig Dinner Fellowship Cocktail Hour/Cash Bar: Windy Knoll Golf Club

                            7:30 pm        128^th Anniversary Norris Pig Dinner: Windy Knoll Golf Club

                                                Keynote Speaker: Dr. Chris Duncan, Provost, Wittenberg University

                                                Symposiarch (MC): Marcus Hitt (’05)

                            All Day:        Open House at the Chapter – Stop by the House for a Tour from Undergraduates!

             Sunday, April 15^th

                          12:00 pm        Open House at the Chapter – Stop by the House for a Tour from Undergraduates!

Please JOIN US!  All Sigma Graduate Brothers will be receiving an invitation in the mail, but here are the fees:

$35 - Pig Dinner ONLY (a bargain!)

$100 - Golf Outing AND Pig Dinner (discounted by $10)

$75 - Golf Outing ONLY

To RSVP, wait for your invitation in the mail or email me at gabjr33@comcast.net and I'll send you a PDF invitation.

Hope you can join us!

Skip Buckley '80

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Save the Date: Sigma Chapter's Pig Dinner and Golf Outing: Saturday, April 14, 2012!

Save the date for Sigma Chapter's 128th anniversary Norris Pig Dinner:

Saturday, April 14, 2012
6:30 pm - Cash Bar/Fellowship Cocktail Hour
7:30 pm - Norris Pig Dinner

We're still confirming the venue, but we're hoping it's back at Windy Knoll Golf Club in Springfield.  We're also planning our annual Golf Outing that day, so please check back for details!

Fraternally,

Skip Buckley '80

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SigFijiNet Update - August 1, 2011

I regularly send out a SigFijiNet email update to a couple hundred Sigma Brothers. Here's the latest message that I sent:

Sigma Graduate and Undergraduate Brothers:

A couple of updates…

1. International Fraternity Awards: The international PGD awards for 2010 were announced today, and Sigma Chapter did well! CONGRATULATIONS to our Undergraduate Brothers! Results:

a. Coon Plaque (best chapter newsletter publication): Third Place (tie)
b. Certificate of Academic Achievement (above all-men’s campus GPA): Fourth consecutive year
c. McCarty Proficiency Award (overall chapter administration/organization): Second consecutive year

2. Chapter House Opening: We’ll open the Sigma Chapter House on Friday, August 12th, for the Fall Semester. I plan to be there from August 12-14 to help check in Brothers and meet parents.

3. Wittenberg Fall Semester: Fall classes begin at Wittenberg on Monday, August 22nd.

4. Recruitment!: Our Undergraduate Brothers plan to take a fall pledge class, including some young men who were not able to pledge last January as freshmen. We’re hoping for a decent-size class of at least 5 or more men. If you have names of Rushees for the fall (sophomores or above) OR winter (freshmen and above) semesters, please send them to me and I’ll forward along to the Chapter. This will be a CRITICAL YEAR for Sigma, as we really need to take strong fall and winter pledge classes!

5. House Improvements: Thanks to the generous donations of many Sigma Graduate Brothers, we were able to complete some necessary renovation work on the chapter house this summer – gutter/roof repairs, concrete work, new drainage to prevent water seepage into the basement (avoiding the mold problem we encountered last fall).

6. New Purple Legionnaire: Kurt Meige (Sigma ’11), former chapter president and corresponding secretary, will take over as PL for Sigma later this month. A special THANKS to Nate Dreyfuss (Sigma ’10) for his service as PL last year – Nate is entering law school at Case Western Reserve this month.

7. Homecoming: Wittenberg’s Homecoming is scheduled for Saturday, October 22nd – save the date, and plan to stop by the Chapter House at 20 West Ferncliff!

8. Social Media: Don’t forget you can follow Sigma Chapter throughout the year at:

a. Chapter Web Site: http://www5.wittenberg.edu/student_organizations/fiji/index.html
b. Chapter Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=132150520171018&v=info#!/group.php?gid=132150520171018&v=wall
c. Sigma LinkedIn Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=1988760&trk=anet_ug_hm
d. Blog for Sig Fiji Alumni Association: http://sigfiji.blogspot.com/

That’s it for now, Brothers. Thank you for your ongoing support of Phi Gamma Delta at Wittenberg!

Fraternally,

Skip Buckley ‘80
Secretary, Sig Fiji Alumni Association

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